— H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Codec) is a new video coding standard developed by a joint effort of the ITU-TVCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG. This standard provides higher coding efficiency r...
Hajer K. Zrida, Abderrazek Jemai, Ahmed C. Ammari,...
With the relentless scaling of semiconductor technology, the lifetime reliability of embedded multiprocessor platforms has become one of the major concerns for the industry. If th...
Motion Estimation (ME) is the most computationally intensive part of video compression and video enhancement systems. For the recently available high definition frame sizes and hi...
Ozgur Tasdizen, Halil Kukner, Abdulkadir Akin, Ilk...
Abstract—This paper presents a technique to perform arbitrary fixed permutations on streaming data. We describe a parameterized architecture that takes as input n data points st...
—In embedded computing we face a continuously growing algorithm complexity combined with a constantly rising number of applications running on a single system. Multi-core systems...
Bastian Ristau, Torsten Limberg, Oliver Arnold, Ge...
—This paper reports on experience gained and lessons learned from an intensive investigation of model-driven engineering methodology and technology for application to high-integr...
Abstract—In this paper, two general algorithms for the automatic generation of instruction-set extensions are presented. The basic instruction set of a reconfigurable architectu...
Carlo Galuzzi, Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Roel Meeuw...
In recent years, pre-fabricated design styles grow up rapidly to amortize the mask cost. However, the interconnection delay of the pre-fabricated design styles slows down the circ...
In the field of chip design, hardware module reuse is a standard solution to the increasing complexity of chip architecture and the pressures to reduce time to market. In the abs...
Abstract—Addressing both standby and active power is a major challenge in developing System-on-Chip designs for batterypowered products. Powering off sections of logic or memorie...
Ashish Darbari, Bashir M. Al-Hashimi, David Flynn,...